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September 22, 2007
A Nice professorial Saturday morning
The Hobart Crew coach had the clever idea of reaching out to faculty by offering a morning of rowing instruction to faculty recommended by members of the crew - so 8 of us rolled out this morning to the scenic Seneca-Cayuga Canal-side Hellstrom Boathouse for rowing! We had some explanation first from the coaches, then spent a quarter of an hour on rowing machines learning a little technique and getting pointers from the rowers.
Then we helped lug a second rowing shell down to the water and put it in. They divided us and (luckily!) 4 experienced rowers rowed with the 4 professors in each boat. The students did all the instruction - and they were quite good at it! We practiced strokes while still at dockside, then eventually pushed off and rowed around a bit, eventually building up some speed!
We got down as far as the Marina, then turned and came back, racing (and crushing!) the other boat on the way).
It was heaps of fun! I spent a little time (6 months or so) rowing single sculls in high school, but this was quite different.
Maybe there will be pictures later.
Posted by CrankyProfessor at September 22, 2007 6:02 PM